Palmer amaranth (Amaranthus palmeri) has been found in Yellow Medicine County in a conservation planting. It is a very competitive, warm season, annual broadleaf weed native to the southwestern United States. It is extremely heat and drought tolerant, thus a…
September 29, 2016
The Upper Mississippi Waterway Association (UMWA)’s annual meeting was held Thursday, Sept. 22 in St. Paul, Minn. The Minnesota Soybean Growers Association was represented during the meeting, as I also serve as UMWA’s president.
September 29, 2016
Given recent heavy rains and flooding in southern Minnesota, grain buyers need to be reminded that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has policies related to flood-damaged grain. The FDA considers flood water to be inherently unsanitary and deems grains,…
September 29, 2016
Three metro area legislators made their way to the Minnesota Soybean Processors (MnSP) plant in Brewster, Minn., to get a hands-on look at what biodiesel and the soybean industry is all about.
September 29, 2016
The State of Minnesota, Minnesota soybean farmers and biodiesel producers won a complete dismissal Thursday in the lawsuit challenging the state’s biodiesel mandate. The decision by Chief Judge John Tunheim of the U.S. District Court in Minneapolis clears the road…
September 29, 2016
The highly invasive and aggressive weed, Palmer amaranth (Amaranthus palmeri), has been detected in conservation plantings in southwest Minnesota.
September 22, 2016
With parts of Minnesota already in full swing when it comes to harvest, the University of Minnesota (UMN) is encouraging farmers to take some time and send soybean samples from fields as they are harvested.
September 22, 2016